Comparing the MSI to the Gigabyte SLI board, we think both have their advantages with MSI bundling Bluetooth and Creative onboard audio while Gigabyte offering RAID5 and PCI x1 slots. The MSI seemed slightly faster with a single card while Gigabyte seemed to perform faster in an SLI mode. Stability was same on both the boards although the MSI diamond did overclock better and in our opinion, looks better with its black PCB.